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Utilizing Social Media in Investigations

Investigators today face the almost insurmountable task of identifying usable information from the plethora of social media sites. Facebook® alone has over 800 million users and Twitter® users send 175 million tweets each day. Sifting through the social media data presented online can ultimately be of a tremendous benefit in almost any investigation. However, most investigators are unaware of the methods and techniques available to assist in their identification of evidence from social media sites.

This OnDemand Webinar will help those responsible for investigations involving social media sites understand how to properly conduct those investigations. This program explains what the phenomenon of social media is and where the investigator can find evidence on social media sites. Additionally, the investigator will learn about the tools necessary to investigate social media and its proper documentation. This program is a critical step in the investigators understanding of the proper implementation of an agency policy regarding social media investigations.

Todd G. Shipley, CFE, CFCE

Vere Software

As director of systems security and high tech crime prevention training for SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics in Sacramento, California, he oversaw a program that provided expert technical assistance and cybercrime training to local, state and federal justice agencies

Started Vere Software with the intention of building investigative and Internet documentation tools for the law enforcement and legal communities

The patent pending processes designed in WebCase, the online evidence collection tool, were spawned by his desire to provide investigators with a tool previously unavailable to the market

Sits on several boards to include the Business Advisory Board for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno; the Social Media Advisory Board for HR.com; the National Forensic Data Recovery Training Center; and the board of directors of the Consortium of Digital Forensics Specialists

Certified fraud examiner and currently the Reno chapter president

Certified forensics computer examiner and is a life member and past president of the International High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)

Has written works regarding cybercrime and speaks nationally and internationally on cybercrime investigations

Co-writer of the book “Investigating Internet Crimes”, scheduled for release in November 2013 by Syngress books